The PAW Patrol is about to pounce into theaters again. Should that matter to grown-ups?
The Big Picture Ask any parent you know about children’s television, and no doubt you’ll receive some very passionate responses. Bluey is fun and entertaining. Cocomelon is an animated nightmare. Blue’s Clues is nostalgic and watchable. PJ Masks makes you wish television had never been invented. These strong opinions are to be expected. After all, parents and caregivers of children are subjected to hours and hours of these shows, so they're bound to end up with a take.
Wrong! The PAW Patrol movies aren’t just for children. They’re not even just for the parents hoping to get an hour and 26 minute reprieve to read a book or catch an episode of The Walking Dead on their phone while their kids are distracted. These movies are good for everyone, and even the average childless adult should consider giving a damn about them.
PAW Patrol: The Movie answers this question in a way the television series doesn’t. Chase is shown to have trauma around events that happened in Adventure City that hinder him during the team’s missions. At first, his solution is to keep just pushing through it -- a feeling most adults are familiar with -- to get the job done. But, eventually, he realizes that this approach doesn’t work and even hurts the people he’s trying to help.
Of course, we also aren’t a team of dogs with a huge arsenal of tech at our disposal. If we want to get the mayor out of office, we have to vote. We have to do our part to make the city better, and PAW Patrol stresses taking action. As jaded adults, we sometimes forget that action is necessary for change. A pup too small may be able to start a conversation, or plan a volunteer event or fundraiser, but it’s only when other pups get on a roll that things get done.
You don’t see a Marvel movie for social commentary, after all. You see it for fights and witty quips. And the comparison to Marvel is purposeful. The next PAW Patrol movie has the pups becoming superheroes. Marvel’s been on a pretty steady decline, so maybe it’s time to find a superhero movie that goes back to the humble roots of helping others, having cool powers, and cool fight scenes.
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